On Wednesday, May 24, 2000, Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> John> As a side note, it was quite a lot of work to convert WINE's
> John> build system to libtool/automake (mainly due to the sheer mass
> John> -- around 115 makefiles!), but I'm pleasantly surprised at how
> John> well it went. I did have my reservations. (c:
>
> I would have too, though we have done other things about as large.
> Ian implemented Automake conditionals when he automake-ified ILU a few
> years ago. That was a major step in making automake suitable for
> larger projects.
Absolutely! Those conditionals sure came in handy, and I even ended up
using a couple nested conditionals. Would've been pretty messy without
them. (Thanks Ian!)
John
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